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PRINTED BY ALBERT J. WRIGHT, 

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1877. 



Confidently hoping that my fellow-students and their friends 
will receive this little compilation with that charity first efforts 
merit, it is respectfully submitted. 

I wish to express thanks for aid and suggestions, to all who 
proffered such ; and I am especially grateful to her whose labor 
and advice have helped so much to make the work a pleasant one. 

N. B. WEBB, 

Deer Island, Boston Harbor. 



WAR RECORD, 



Sixteen years ago, civil war burst upon our land, the country 
was shaken from centre to circumference, and our school was 
summoned to do its duty. With the first months of the 
spring of 1861, many had left for the field, and ere the first 
blossoms had appeared we received news of the fall of some of 
our fellow students. The "East Maine Conference Seminary" 
wa§ taking position for participation in the bloody drama, and 
its- luminous record began with the death of Sergeant Smart at 
the head of his company, in the swamps of the Chickahominy. 
All through those summer and autumn months, our student 
ranks were depleting to swell the soldier ranks. Those who 
daily went to and fro on the hill, who declaimed " Spartacus," 
or " Bingen on the I^ine" from the chapel platform, or labo- 
riously conned Greek tenses and anathematized quadratics, 
followed each other from the school without a day's intervention ; 
and in reply to inquiries about their empty seats, "gone to 
the war" was heard. As they stepped over the threshold, 
their paths diverged, extending in a hundred directions, from 
the Potomac to the Rio Grande, from the Atlantic to the 
Mississippi. 

It is with most filial regard that I offer you a meagre account 
of their war-life. History it is not, — each had his own, which 
is most truthfully written in the hearts and affections of those 
who loved him. Our honor to the living can add nothing to 
their renown; our tribute to. the dead can add nothing to their 
honor. 



Adelbert Ames. 

Cadet at the United States Military Academy fi^om July 1, 
1856, to May 6, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted 
in the army to Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. Served 
during the Eebellion, 1861-66: in drilling volunteers at 
Washington, D.C., May -July, 1861; in the Manassas cam- 
paign of July, 1861, being engaged in the battle of Bull 
Run, where he was wounded; disabled by wound. July 22, 
to September 4, 1861 ; in the defenses of Washington, D.C. 
September, 1861, to March, 1862; in the Virginia Peninsula 
campaign, commanding Battery, March- August, 1862, being 
engaged in the seige of Yorktown, battles of Gaines's Mill 
and Malvern Hill ; in command of Regiment, Fifth Corps, in 
the Maryland campaign, September- November, 1862, being 
engaged in the battle of Antietam, and march to Falmouth, 
Va., October -November, 1862; in Rappahannock campaign, 
December, 1862, to June, 1863, being engaged in the battles of 
Fredericksburgh and Chancellorsville as Acting Aide-de-Camp 
to Major-General Meade, and Beverly Ford, in command of 
Brigade, Eleventh Corps ; in the Pennsylvania campaign, being 
engiiged in the battle of Gettysburgh ; in operations in the 
Department of the South, August, I860, to April 19, 1864; 
in command of Division or Brigade, Eighteenth Army Corps, in 
operations before Petersburg, April 25, to September 17, 1864, 
being engaged in the action of Port Walthall Junction, and 
battle of Cold Harbor ; in command of Division, Tenth Army 
Corps, October 10, to December 2, 1864, before Petersburg, 
Ya., being engaged in the actions of Darbytown Road; in 
command of Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corps, December 
2, 1864, to April, 1865, being engaged in the first expedition 
to Fort Fisher, and on the second expedition, participating in 
the assault and capture of the fort, and in operations in North 
Carolina, January- April, 1865; in command of Division of 
Tenth Corps, April -May, 1865, and of Tenth Army Corps, 
May 12, to July 28, 18()5, in North Carolina, and of the 



district of Western South Carolina, September 5, 1865, to 
April 30, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, April 30, 
1866. 

Promotions : — 

First Lieutenant, Fifth Artillery, May 14, 1861. 

Brevet Major, July 21, 1S61. 

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, July 1, 1862. 

Colonel of Twentieth Maine Volunteers, August 29, 1862. 

Brigadier-General United States Volunteers, May 20, 1863. 

Brevet Colonel, July 1, 1863. 

Captain of Fifth Artillery, June 17, 1864. 

Brevet Major-General, United States Volunteers, January 15, 1865. 

Brevet Brigadier-General, United States Army, March 13, 1865. 

Brevet Major-General, United States Army, March 13, 1865. 

Lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-fourth Infantry, July 28, 1866. 

General Ames was appointed by the President, Provisional 
Governor of Mississippi, in June, 1868, and commander of 
the Department of Mississippi, March, 1869. He was elected 
United States Senator from that State in 1870, and Governor 
of the State in 1873. 



D. Mason Allen. 

Enlisted in the Fourteenth Maine, Christmas, 1861, and died, 
from disease contracted in the Army, October 14, 1862. 

Lieutenant M. H. Adams, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 
Chaplain A. S. Adams, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 
A. F. Atherton, Second Maine Inftmtry. 
L. P. Abbott, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
(Jharles Allen, Tenth Maine Infantry. 
S. P. Ayer, Ninth Maine Infantry. 
J. C. Andrews, unassigned. 
Joseph Arey, State Guards. 



Smith G. Bailey. 



Lieutenant Bailey joined the Fifth Maine, April 1, 1861, 
and was appointed duty Sergeant ; promoted to Second Lieu- 
tenant, October, 1862 ; wounded at battle of Chancellorsvdle, 
May 3, 1863, in the leg, from the effects of which he died. 
May 30. Lieutenant Bailey was a graduate of Tufts College, 
class of '59, and gave promise of a speedy rise in the scholarly 
world In the service he immediately attracted the attention ot 
his superior officers, and his death ended what promised to be 
a brilliant military career. The following is an extract from his 
diary : " Sunday, October 19, 1862.-To-day is the anniversary 
of the birth of my little boy, now four years old. It seems but 
a few days since I lay upon the sofa, just recovering from a 
fever and heard his first salutation as he made his dehui upon 
this s'tage of life. Four years ! What a change has that time 
made in my condition, and that of the nation ! Then dwellmg 
in the sunshine of domestic happiness, peace all around ; now 
in the din of tumultuous war, deprived of the dear coir>forts of 
home. May He who holds all. nations in the hollow ot His 
hand bring us safely through the great trial." 

Charles A. Bailey. 

Ser-eant Bailey became a member of the Thirtieth Maine, 
February 3, 1864 ; was shortly after made Regimental Quarter- 
master-Sergeant ; and was mustered out, August 20, 1865. 
In a letter, Mr. Bailey says: "My 'record' is something I 
h-ive never considered of sufficient importance to make a note 
of I was o-hid at the time to be able to serve the country, 
in a very humble capacity even, and did so. Having tried to 
discharge my duty to the country, I settled down after the war, 
upon the consciousness of having done what I could. Neither 
the country nor my fellow-men owe me anything for that 
service, and I make no claims for recognition as a soldier. 
Mr. Bailey is now practising law at Oldtown, Maine. 



John L. Blake. 

Became a member of the Seventh Maine Volunteers, August 
18th, 1861 ; was soon promoted to Corporal, and after serving 
through the Peninsula campaign, and participating in every 
battle of the Seven Days' Fight, died of malarial fever, there 
contracted, September 23, 1863. 



Alfred E. Buck. 

Colonel Buck was mustered into the service December 4, 
as Captain, in the Thirteenth Maine. In February, 1862, was 
appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ninety-first United States 
Colored Troops, and to the command of Forts Macomb and 
Bien venue ; August 15, 1864, was assigned to command of 
Fifty-fii'st United States Colored Troops. After the capture 
of Mobile, Colonel Buck was appointed Inspector-General of 
Division on the Staff of General Hawkins, and was for a year 
member of a board for examination of officers for promotion. 
Was also member of Military Commission for trial of civilians, 
under the military government of the Southern States. Colonel 
Buck was through most of the southern campaigns, participating 
in the attack upon Fort Blakely, by which Mobile fell into our 
hands, leading his command, and capturing 2,500 men. For 
"gallant and meritorious services" on this occasion, he was 
brevetted Colonel. Colonel Buck is now Clerk of United 
States and District Courts, at Atlanta, Ga., and Treasurer of 
the Tecumseh Iron Works, Alabama. 



Daniel D. Blaisdell. 

Became a member of the Eighth Maine, August 28, 1861, 
and was discharged for disability, February 5, 1862; died 
February 12, 1867, from disease contracted in the service. 



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Joseph H. Beale. 

Lieutenant Beale became a member of the Thirty-first Maine, 
February 29, 1864; was promoted to Corporal, May 3, to 
Sergeant, June 21, to First Sergeant, September 25, 1864, 
and to Lieutenant, January 21, 1865 ; was wounded, May 31, 
1864, and mustered out of the service, August 25, 1865 ; now 
pastor of Methodist Church at Kensington, Conn. 



Geo. H. M. Barrett. 

Mr. Barrett was a member of the original District of 
Columbia Cavalry, enlisting, January 19, 1864, and being 
appointed Sergeant ; he was transferred to the First Maine 
Cavalry, in September, following, and was discharged, August 
12, 1865 ; now practising law at Rockport, Maine. 



William B. Baker. 

Sergeant Baker became a member of the First Maine Cavalry, 
October 1, 1861 ; he was made Commissary Sergeant of Jiis 
Company, and was constantly with the regiment until May 11, 
1864; in the fight of that date at Goodall's Tavern, one of the 
most spirited cavalry engagements of the war, he was wounded 
in the left leg, just below the knee, the bone being completely 
shattered ; he was in the act of mounting, and rode nearly a 
mile, when the suffering became so intense that he was obliged 
to dismount. Having no ambulances, it was necessary to leave 
him, and it was with many misgivings that I secured a mattress 
from a house, and left him on the piazza under the lindens. 
This house was the residence of Dr. Canthorn, who, though 
he had an only son in the Confederate service, was too much 
of a gentleman, and too true a physician, to fail to do all 
in his power for the ''blue jacket ;" and his wife and daugliters 
vied in their attentions. The neighbors for miles around came 



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to cqn verse with the Yankee soldier at Dr. Canthorn's, and went 
away with a different impression of that species of. the human 
race. Six weeks he w^as watched and nursed by the family, and 
every page of his diary attests their unwearied kindness. One 
of the neighbors, deeply embittered against northern soldiers, 
went to Richmond and reported that "Dr. Canthorn, out at 
Chickahominy, had a Yankee soldier, giving him the best the 
house afforded, and he would get well if he was not moved." 
Libby Prison authorities sent for the soldier. The good doctor 
accompanied him all the way, after tearful farewells from the 
family. June 22 he was received into the hospital; gangrene 
soon attacked his wound, and he died August 10. Dr. 
Canthorn's family have since been visited by Sergeant Baker's 
sister, and that acquaintance, with subsequent correspondence, 
has woven at least one strong thread towards reuniting the 
embittered sections of a common country. 

A. B. Baker. 

Mr. Baker became a member of the gallant Third Maine 
Battery, in November, 1861, and took an active part in 
that lively campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. Promoted to 
Corporal, and dischai'ged on account of disability, January 1, 
1863. Grocer, 204 Broadway Square, Chelsea, Mass. 

Joseph A. Baker. 

Lieutenant Baker enlisted, August 18, 1862, in the Twenty- 
second Maine Infantry. He was off duty, most of the time, 
from diphtheria and swamp-fever, and was discharged, July 
3, 1863. He died from disease contracted in the army, 
July 31, 1874. 

T. J. Batch elder. 

Dr. Batchelder enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry, Sep- 
tember 30, 1861. After participating in some of the many 
h:\id campaigns and sanguinary battles of that regiment, was 



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wounded, June 15, 1864, and was discharged, Novembei; 25, 
1864. Is now a practising physician in Surry, Maine, having 
been graduated at the Eclectic University, Phihvdelphia. 



D. W. Billings. 

Mr. Billings became a soldier September 10, 1862, as a 
m.ember of the Twenty-sixth Maine. Promoted to Corporal in 
November, 1862, and discharged August 17, 1863. August 
9, 1864, entered the Navy. Detailed. to the United States 
Steamer "Rhode Island," and was present at the two bombard- 
ments of Fort Fisher, and at that most gallant engagement off 
Mobile. Discharged again June 23, 1865. Farmer and Trial 
Justice at Swanville, and "loves good old Maine best of all, 
having compared her with twenty-two other States as a resident." 



Henry Barker. 

Was a member of the First District of Columbia Cavalry, 
enlisting February 16, 1864. He died in hospital at Wash- 
ington, D.C., April 26. 

CO. Brown, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

John Brown, United States Navy. 

H. W. Broavn, Thirteenth Maine Infantry. 

Edward W. Brown, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

C. L. Blood, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

James V. Bartlett, Twenty-sixth Maine Infantry. 

Chaplain Geo. W. Bartlett, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

Captain F. H. Blackman, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

Fayette Buker, First Maine Cavalry. 

Cyrus Buker, First Maine Cavalry. 

Harvey Barker, First District of Columbia Cavalry. 

George Barker, First District of Columbia Cavalry. 

Charles W. Bowden, Third Maine Infantry. 

Lieutenant M. C. Burgess, Third Maine Battery. 



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Lieutenant G. F. Burgess, Nineteenth Mtiine Infantry 
Charles W. Brewster, United States Navy. 
Lieutenant W. C. Bailey, Twentieth Maine Infantry. 
Woodbury Bailey, Seventh Maine Infantry. 
Billings Brastow, Ninth Maine Infantry. 
Leonard Bolton, Eleventh Maine Infantry. 
Isaac A. D. Blake, Sixteenth Maine Infantry. 
li. T. Baghelder, Twenty-second Maine Infantry. 
Ora W. Bragdon, Twenty-second Maine Infantry. 



James A. Colson. 

Mr. Colson left his scythe and rake in the field, and on the 
twenty-second of July, 1862, made one of the "three hundred 
thousand strong" answering to their country's call. He became 
a member of Company E> Nineteenth Maine, taking part in 
its various battles and campaigns, till, on that memorable march 
to Gettysburg!!, — the highwater mark of the rebellion, — he 
was sunstruck, June 15, 1863, which necessitated his discharge, 
in January, 1864. Book-keeper, Searsport, Maine. 

George A. Crawford. 

Being but sixteen years of age when the war closed, Mr; 
Crawford's service was necessarily very short. Enlisted in 
the State Guards, September 3, 1864, and mustered out, 
November 7, 1864. Chaplain in United States Navy, stationed 
at Charlestown Navy Yard. 

Melville Crawford. 

Became a member of the Fifteenth Maine, March 13, 1865, 
and discharged, March 8, 1866. 

Fred A. Curtis. 

Enlisted in the United States Navy, August 28, 1864, and 
was discharged, June 14, 1865. 



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J. N. Curtis. 



Enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Maine, September 7, 1863; 
discharged, on account of "physical disability," December 21, 
same year. Frescoer, Cambridge, Mass. 



Charles W. Clements. 

Became a member of the Sixteenth Maine, July 1, 1862. 
Owing to partial disability, was transferred to Veteran Reserve 
Corps, and discharged, July, 1865. Publisher of Eastern 
Examiner, and book and job printer, at Haliowell, Maine. 



Joseph F. Clements. 

Enlisted as a member of the Fourteenth Maine, taking the 
rank of Sergeant, August 11, 1863 ; was pi'omoted to a 
Captaincy in a colored regiment; discharged, March 7, 1866. 
Served in the campaigns on the Mississippi and before Rich- 
mond, in the winter of 1864-5. Engaged in dairy farming at 
Farmingdale, Maine. 

Augustus Clement. 

It is with a deep personal feeling that I speak of '' Gus," as 
we used to call him. He was a room-mate of mine, and I soon 
learned that beneath that outspoken, square-cornered exterior lay 
a true soul. Those who knew him will testify to his manliness, 
and his remarkable tenacity for doing what he thought was duty, 
regardless of consequences to himself. This trait was the cause 
of his early death. He became a member of the Third Maine 
Battery, in November, 1861. He was Company Clerk, and 
the business being left entirely to him, when he was almost 
prostrated with the " swamp fever," he would not give up the 
position, being fearful that others' ignorance of his duties would 
cause injustice to his comrades. He was not ordered to report 



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to the Surgeon, and when, as he was barely able to wield a 
pen. General McDowell came to inspect the Battery, he 
ordered him home peremptorily. Of him, as of so many 
others, it was said "too late," he living but twelve days after 
his arrival. He died on the fourth of April, 1862. He was 
a masterly student of Shakespeare, having whole pages at his 
tongue's end ; he almost invariably quoted from him in appli- 
cation to the remarks of others. 



W. S. CODMAN. 

Will Codman, by which cognomen he used to be known, 
was a member of the Twenty-sixth Infantry. He was soon 
promoted to Corporal, and subsequently to Hospital Steward 
and Assistant Surgeon, being stationed at Baton Rouge. He 
was honorably discharged. Was graduated M.D. at Bowdoin. 
His skill was being widely recognized, when he suddenly died 
of congestion of the brain, in January, 1873. 



Melville B. Cook. 

Sergeant Cook was enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry, 
September 26, 1861. Promoted to Corporal, September 1, 
1862 ; to Sergeant, February 1, 1864 ; and to First Sergeant, 
September 5, 1864. Was made Ordnance Sergeant of Second 
Cavalry Brigade, Army of Potomac, September 20, 1864. 
Wounded at Stoneman's Raid, May 3, 1863, at Trevyllion 
Station, June 11, 1864, and at Farmville, April 7, 1865. 
Was mustered out August 1, 1865. 



GusTAvus B. Chad WICK. 

Mr. Chadwick enlisted in the United States Navy, August 
16, 1864, being detailed to duty on board the United States 
Steamship "Rhode Island." After service at Fort Fisher, 



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Mobile, and on convoys for Mail Steamers to Aspinwall, he 
was discharged, June 23, 1865. Pastor Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Weeks Mills, Maine. 



Lafayette Carver. 

Lieutenant Carver enlisted August 12, 1862, in the Nine- 
teenth Maine. His service extended through all the hard and 
bloody campaigns from Fredericksburgh to Getty sburgh, and 
back asrain to Cold Harbor, where he received a wound in the 
shoulder, which proved fatal, July 4, 1864. He was made 
Lieutenant, February 2, 1864. 



D. B. COLCORD. 

Dr. CoLCORD became a member of the Eighteenth Maine 
Infantry in July, 1862. Soon after was transferred to the 
Signal Corps, United States Army, and detailed as leader of 
the Post Band of that branch of the service. Discharged, 
July, 1865. Was graduated from Dartmouth College in 
1867 ; from Bellevue Medical College in 1875 ; and is now 
a highly successful physician in Cedar Falls, Iowa. 



Amasa S. Condon. 

Dr. Condon enlisted in May, 1861, in the Sixth Maine, 
being the second man to sign the roll from his town. Dis- 
charged, July 27, 1862. Eesident surgeon, Union Pacific 
Railroad, Ogden, Utah. 

Eli a. Chase. 

Dr. Chase enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Maine, February 
22, 1863, and was discharged, February 22, 1865 ; both 
events coming on the anniversary of Washington's birth. He 



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served in the Shenandoah under Shields, and in the South 
under General Q. A. Gilmore. Dr. Chase was graduated at 
the New York Medical College, and is now in practise in 
Brockton, Mass. 

Julius E. Clark. 

Dr. Clark became a member of the Fourth Maine Infantry, 
April, 1861, and appointed Regimental Commissary Sergeant. 
July 25, was appointed Hospital Steward. July 22, 1863, was 
commissioned Captain in the Eightieth United States Colored 
Infantry ; then brevetted Major, and mustered out, in March, 
1867. Last six months of service was detailed to duty with 
Ninth United States Cavalry. Was one of two selected by 
General Sheridan for a Captaincy in the United States Army, 
but was not eligible, not having served two years in Cavalry. 
Dr. Clark saw a variety of service, being on line, field, and 
staff duty, in infantry and cavalry, volunteers and regulars, 
white and black commands. Was graduated at Georgetown, 
D. C, Medical College; became a member of the Board of 
Health, and City Physician, New Orleans ; and is now resident 
physician at Mississippi quarantine station. 

N. B. Colby, United States Navy. 

Alonzo Colby, First Maine Cavalry. 

I. N. Chase, First Maine Cavalry. 

W. F. Chase, Second Maine Infantry. 

C. W. Campbell, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

Captain W. R. CuRRiER, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

E. Currier, Second Maine Infantry. 

Charles J. Cobb, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 

George E. Cobb, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 

Samuel W. Clark, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 

William B. Coombs, Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry. 

Lieut. Sylvester Cummings, Twenty-ninth Maine Infantry. 

Fraxk a. Colkixs, First Veteran Battery. 

A. G. Curtis, State Guards. 

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George E. Dodge. 

Mr. Dodge enlisted as a member of that gallant organization, 
the First Maine Heavy Artillery, in July, 18G2. Promoted to 
First Sergeant, in March, 18G3; to Second Lieutenant, in 
June, 1864 ; and received a commission as First Lieutenant, 
in July, following. Lieutenant Dodge participated in all the 
hard-fought battles and campaigns of that Regiment, and was 
mustered out on expiration of term of service, in September, 
1865. Lieutenant Dodge was seven times wounded, and 
carries four scars to attest his presence at the front. Landlord 
Wesleyan Grove House, Northport, Maine. 



Joseph B. Doane. 

Enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Maine, September, 25, 1862, 
but never reached the front, dying of typhoid in New York, 
December 14, following. 

Erastus a. Doe. 

Enlisted as a member of the First Maine Cavalry, October 
13, 1861. He was most of the time on detached service at 
Headquarters Second Division, Ninth Corps Infantry, and 
Third Brigade, Second Division, Cavalry Corps. He was not 
off duty an hour, and was mustered out of the service, June 
5, 1865. Fruit farmer, at Vineland, N.J. 

James S. Dyer. 

Mr. Dyer enlisted in the Navy in April, 1865 ; promoted to 
Carpenter's Mate, and discharged November, 1867. Follows 
a marine life, as ship's carpenter, sailing from Belfast, Maine. 

John W. Dole, State Guards. 
Thomas Devins, Third Maine Battery. 
T. E. Dorr, Sixth Maine Infantry. 



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George A. Dyer, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
George W. Drew, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 
Isaac Dunham, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 



Mark T. Emerson. 

Belonged to the Eighteenth Maine ; enlisted August 19, 1862, 
and was appointed Sergeant ; was wounded June 18, 1864, and 
died in consequence, July 5, following. His letters home ever 
had a cheerful, hopeful tone, and their burden was "when this 
cruel war is over, and I return to you, Molly." But that was 
not to be. Under date of June 5, 1864, he writes: "The 
coming strugole, 'tis thought, will be the most bloodv in the 
war, as every inch of the ground is contested sharply. The 
rebels have massed, and pitched into us several times the past 
few days, but they do not budge us. We are now bound to 
see the eiid of this infernal rebellion, and I shall come home to 
you prouder than ever of the Star Spangled Banner." "June 
10. — We are pushing them hard, Molly. Grant is the man. 
I am eager for the end. Many fall every day, but your Mark 
is yet unhurt. The struggle is fierce. In yesterday's fight 
four brothers gave up their lives, and the bullets which pierced 
their hearts sped on their way North, to reach hearts there." 
His last written words were, " be as calm as you can, Molly, 
and pray for me." The Surgeon of his Regiment writes : "Our 
country has called for the sacrifice of many noble hearts and 
lives since we parted at the Fort, in May, — among them all, 
for no one who did his duty more faithfully or conscientiously 
than your husband. I can bear witness to his soldierly 
qualities." 

F. A. Edwards. 

Enlisted as a member of the First Maine Heavy Artillery, 
June 15, 1862, receiving a Corporal's warrant. Appointed 
upon non-commissioned staff, as Band-master, January, 1863. 
Mustered out. May 14, 1865. 



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Otis H. Elwell. 



Was a member of the Twenty-sixth Maine, having enlisted, 
October 13, 1862. He died at New Orleans, July 13, 1863, 
of disease contracted while a soldier. 



James D. Erskine. 

Enlisted in the Fourth Maine, June 17, 1861. He was made 
Third Sergeant, and soon after promoted to First Lieutenant ; 
November 1, 1861, he was commissioned Captain, serving with 
honor through the Peninsula campaign. Disease contracted 
from the hardships and exposures of the service sent him to the 
hospital, and resulted in his death, January 7, 1863. Major- 
General Berry writes : "For gallantry and bravery in the field, 
I know of no officer in that regiment, or any other, who excels 
him." 

Leonard Eustis, Tenth Maine Infantry. 
George A. Emerson, Twentieth Maine Infantry. 



H. M. FoLSOM. 

Enlisted in the Seventh Maine, in September, 1861, and was 
made Hospital Steward ; promoted to Lieutenant, in January, 
1862, serving in the Peninsula campaign, and resigned, on 
account of disability, in July of same year. Now a druggist at 
Richmond, Maine. 

G. R. Fernald. 

Was a member of the Eighteenth Maine, enlisting, August 
21, 1862 ; was commissioned Second Lieutenant, promoted to 
First Lieutenant, February 26, 1863, and to Captain, November 
7, following. Passed through the campaign of 1864, having 



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for its objective point Richmond, and was wounded in the charge 
before Petersburg, June 18, 1864 ; returned to service, and was 
mustered out September 11, 1865. Lumber manufacturer and 
dealer at Wilton, Maine. 

A. G. Fellows. 

Mr. Fellows was one of the early volunteers, having enlisted 
in the Second Maine, May 13, 1861 ; was commissioned First 
Lieutenant, and resigned in May, 18(52, to be appointed First 
Lieutenant in the Fifty-sixth Massachusetts ; was attached to 
Ninth Corps, Army of Potomac ; was wounded, May 24, 
1864, at Cold Harbor, and discharged in consequence, August 
19, 1864. 

Simeon Fogg, Sixteenth Maine Lifantry. 
Sergeant B. F. Fogg, First Maine Cavalry. 
H. M. Folsom, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 
Joseph Flye, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 



Amos S. Goodale. 

On the anniversary of Washington's birth, 1864, Mr. Good- 
ale became a member of the Thirty-first Maine Infantry. He 
was wounded at the seige of Petersburg, in September, 1864, 
and made a prisoner; soon after exchanged, and died at Anna- 
polis, Md., January 7, 1865, not being able to survive the 
necessary amputation of a leg. 



Walter S. Goodale. 

Became a member of the Fourth Maine Regiment, November 
1, 1861; was appointed Sergeant; served through the Penin- 
sula campaign, also under General Pope; promoted to Second 
Lieutenant, September 8, 1862 ; while in command of his 
company at Fredericksburgh, December 13, 1862, was instantly 
killed, his superior officers having likewise fallen. 



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Greenleaf a. Good ale. 

Enlisted in the Sixth Maine, May 7, 1861 ; promoted to 
Corporal, May 3, 1863, and made Sergeant, November 4 ; com- 
missioned First Lieutenant, Fifth Regiment, Corps d'Afrique, 
November 22, 1863, and Captain in Seventy-seventh, January 
18, 1864; November, 1866, was appointed First Lieutenant 
Twenty-third Infantry, U. S. A. ; was promoted to Brevet- 
Captain and Major, and is at present with his regiment, at 
Prescott, Arizona. 

Fred B. Ginn. 

Mr. Ginn became a member of the Sixth Maine, April 16, 
1861 ; was made First Sergeant, and promoted to Second 
Lieutenant, June 9, 1862. He served through the Peninsula 
campaign, second Bull Run, Fredericksburgh (participating in 
the famous charge upon St. Mary's Heights), and Gettysburgh. 
Was then detached on recruitino- service for eio'ht months, and 
commissioned Captain, November 27, 1863. Captain Ginn 
was wounded in the arm at the Wilderness ; made Brevet- 
Major, November 15, 1865. Mustered out of service, August 
15, 1864. Mr. Ginn is now a member of the book-publishing 
firm of Ginn Brothers, Boston, Mass. 

Manly S. Genn. 

Mr. Genn was a member of the Twenty-sixth Maine Infantry, 
enlisting, September 10, 1862. He participated in the battles 
of the Louisiana campaign, including Port Hudson, and was 
discharged in August, 1863, upon expiration of term of service. 



Pascal P. Gilmore. 

Mr. Gilmore enlisted as one of Company E, Sixteenth 
Maine, September 5, 1864, was promoted to Corporal, April 
29, 1865, and participated in the closing battles of the war, 



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about Richmond and Petersburg. Discharged, June 14, 1865. 
Now farming at Dedham, Maine.. 



Myron T. Gilmore. 

Mr. Gilmore was but fourteen years of age whpn hostilities 
began, and was in a constant condition of regret until the day 
he became eighteen years of age, February 15, 1865, when he 
could enlist. He did so, becoming a member of the Fifteenth 
Maine. Discharged, in November, 1865. Mr. Gilmore is 
now occupied in converting spears into pruning hooks, and 
swords into plow-shares, at Dedham, Maine. 



Daniel H. Gilmore. 

Mr. Gilmore became a member of the First District of 
Columbia Cavalry, March 16, 1864. He was promoted to 
Sergeant, jVIay 1, 1864, and upon the consolidation of his 
regiment with the First Maine Cavalry, was made Regimental 
Quartermaster-Sergeant, in December, 1864. During Wilson's 
Raid, south of Petersburg, he w^as wounded in the left leg, 
June 25, 1864, and was seven days finding his way out of the 
enemy's lines. Discharged, August 1, 1865, and is now a 
broker at 59 and 61 Liberty Street, New York City. 



Keyes Grant. 

Enlisted as a member of the Eighteenth Maine, August 11, 
1862, and was made Corporal. He was promoted to Sergeant, 
in May, 1864, and was leading his company on that fatal June 
18, when he was instantly killed. He lay where he fell, and 
was consigned to an unknown grave by stranger hands. 



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N. B. Grant. 

Mr. Grant became a member of the Twenty-sixth Maine, 
September 10, 1862, and after serving through the Port Hudson 
and Red River campaigns, vv^as discharged, August 17, 1876. 
Master mariner, South Hancock, Maine. 

George Geyer, First Maine Cavalry. 

O. B. Grant, United States Navy. 

James C. Grant, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

W. H. Goodwin, Fourth Maine Infantry. 

H. N. GiNN, Sixth Maine Infantry. 

S. D. GiDDiNGS, Tvy^enty-fourth Maine Infantry. 



Fred C. Howes. 

General U. S. Grant having been appointed Commander-in- 
Chief of the United States Armies, came to Virginia in April, 
1864, to make his headquarters with the old Army of the 
Potomac. Having, as did Napoleon I., a decided ftiith in 
"strong battalions," he sent to the front many regiments 
doing garrison duty around Washington ; among these, was 
the First Maine Heavy Artillery, afterw^ards known as the 
Eighteenth Maine Infantry, to which Captain Hoaves belonged. 
The career of this regiment was destined to be short, bloody, 
and glorious. Having full ranks, it was nearly as large as some 
of the decimated brigades, and the officers and men being new 
to field warfare, were ignorant of the little subterfuges and 
expedients, by which many wounds are avoided and lives saved. 
At Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and the siege of 
Petersburg, it suffered severely. Captain Howes became a 
member of this gallant regiment, in July, 1862, was soon 
promoted to First Lieutenant, and in February, 1863, was 
commissioned as Captain. He at once evinced qualities of 
head and heart which secured to him the confidence of his 
superiors, and the respect of those under his command. 
Ardent, ambitious, and content with no inferior stand, he 
labored untiringly to make his company one of the best in the 



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regiment. He well sustained the character of an excellent and 
brave officer, till he fell, in the line of duty, in that fearful 
assault before Petersburg. Left without support, he, and 
hundreds of his comrades, fell where they fought. 

"Their's not to make reply, 
Their's not to reason why, 
Their's but to do and die : 

Though some one had blundered." 

He was shot dead before Petersburg, June 18, 1864. In a 
brief month of active duty was concentrated the work and 
blood of a war, Mrs. Howes writes: "After that time — his 
being ordered to the front in May — I received only three short 
notes, written in pencil, but all were so cheerful and hopeful of 
the final success of the Union Army. In the 'journal ' that 
came to us after his death, we learned something of the weary 
marches and the heart-sickenino- scenes that war brino;s." 



H. E. Hall. 

Joined the Second Maine Battery, August 12, 1862, and 
was through all the campaigns and battles of the Army of the 
Potomac. AVas promoted to Corporal, February 8, 1864, and 
mustered out of service, June 17, 1865. Agent of Howe 
Sewing Machine Company, Roseville, Illinois. 



James E. Hall. 

Lieut. Hall was a member of that hard-fiofhtinof reo[iment, 
the Eighteenth Maine, having enlisted August 4, 1862. He was 
made Fourth Sergeant upon the organization of the regiment ; 
First Sergeant, January 26, 1864; Second Lieutenant, March 
23, 1864 ; and promoted to Regimental Quartermaster, May 
11, 1864. His duty did not call him into action, but he 
volunteered in the attack upon Petersburg, June, 1864, during 
which he fell with so many of his comrades. 



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Edwin P. Hill. 

Mr. Hill became a meuibcr of the Eighteenth Maine Infan- 
try, July 31, 1862. He participated in the severe initiatory 
campaign of his regiment, up to Cold Harbor, where he was 
wounded in the ankle. After recovering from his wound, 
was detailed as Ward Master in Lincoln General Hospital. 
January 1, 1865, was appointed to a position in the Quarter- 
master's department, and was on duty at Headquarters in 
Washington until discharged, August 13, 1865. Mr. Hill 
was Inspector-General of the Grand Army of the Republic, 
department of Maine, for two years, and is now Deputy 
Collector of Customs at Bucksport, Maine. Mr. Hill was an 
eye-witness to the assassination of President Lincoln. 



Isaac Hills. 

Became a member of the Nineteenth Maine, July 25, 1862 ; 
pi'omoted to Sergeant ; was wounded in right arm the second 
day of Gettysburgh, in the defense of "Little Round Top," and 
was discharged on account of wound, September, 1863. 



Edgar A. Hanaky. 

Enlisted September 28, 1862, in the Twenty-eighth Maine; 
promoted to Sergeant, May 3, 1863. After term of service in 
the Twenty-eighth expired, he enlisted in the Second Maine 
Cavalry, and was appointed duty Sergeant. Thence he was 
transferred to the Navy, serving in Gulf Squadron, and dis- 
charged in June, 1864. 

S. A. HOLDEN. 

Enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry, September 20, 1861 ; 
was promoted to Corporal, and mpst of the time on detached 
service at Third Corps Headquai'ters, Army of the Potomac. 



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He was wounded with a sabre at Aldie, June 17, 1863, being 
pierced completely through, and falling into the enemy's hands. 
He survived, and did eitective service afterwards. He was an 
anomaly in his utter indifference to danger of any kind or 
imminence. Was mustered out, November 25, 1864. 



Sewall L. Heywood. 

Mr. Heywood enlisted May 18, 1801, as a member of the 
Sixth Maine. He was wounded at second Fredcricksburgh, 
May 3, 1863, and at Rappahannock Station, November 7, 
1863. He was mustered out, August 15, 1864. 



Augustine P. Heywood. 

" Gus," by which name he was affectionately known to all his 
cotemporary students, was a member of the Thirty-first Maine, 
enlisting, April 9, 1864. At the Mine explosion in front of 
Petersburg, he was one of the volunteers to cut away the abattis 
in front of the enemy's work. All those at work with him were 
killed, and he worked on alone, seeming to bear a charmed life. 
He was successful, and was ordered to the rear, that service 
excusing him from duty for the rest of the day. But he per- 
sisted in remaining at the front, saying, "Wherever my company 
goes I go," and he was captured in that Balaklava charge into 
the crater. Pie was taken to prison at Danville, Va., where he 
died after eiirht months confinement; 



C. L. Heywood. 

Brother of the ' two preceding, enlisted in the Eighteenth 
Maine, July 24, 1862. At the attack upon the enemy's lines, 
in front of Petersburg, June 18, he was wounded in the breast 
and hip; was made Corporal, September 1, 1864, Sergeant- 
Major, December 1, 1864, and First Lieutenant, February 16, 



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1865 ; was Acting Ordnance Officer at expiration of service, 
September 11, 1865. Now in business at Topeka, Kansas. 



G. E. Hitchcock. 

Was appointed Captain's Clerk in the United States Navy, 
April, 1863. Was on duty in the ship "Mystic," till dis- 
charged in August, 1864. Dealer in ship stores and chandlery, 
174 Commercial Street, Boston. 



W. M. Hitchcock. 

Mr. Hitchcock left the banking business, in August, 1862,. 
for the front, joining the Twentieth Maine Infantry. After 
participating in the sanguinary engagements of Antietam, 
second Fredericksburgh, and others, he was discharged for 
disability, and is now a shipbuilder at Bath, Maine. 



John E. Haley. 

Mr. Haley became a member of the Sixteenth Maine. As 
he writes : "One night I listened to expressions of fear from 
some old gentlemen, that a draft would have to be ordered. 
Tomorrow's my birthday, I said, and I'll do a good thing." 
Daylight found him many miles on the way to the recruiting 
rendezvous. He was wounded in the groin at Spottsylvania, 
and discharged in consequence, June 15, 1865. Mr. Haley 
is postmaster at Forest City, Maine, and writes that he is 
fighting rum and immorality now, as he fought treason and 
rebellion years ago. 

R. J. Harmon, Thirteenth Maine Infantry. 
C. A. Holt, Fourteenth Maine Inftmtry. 
C. B. HiNKLEY, Fifteenth Maine Infantry. 
George Harding, Sixteenth Maine Infantry. 



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J. W. Harriman, Sixteenth Maine Infantry. 

F. W. Hill, Seventeentli Maine Infantry. 
J. M. HiGGiNS, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 
C. C. Haskell, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 

G. W. Howe, Twenty-second Maine Infantry. 
J. C. HuTCHiNS, Twenty-eighth Maine Infantry. 
A. A. Hall, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

H. E. Hall, Second Maine Battery. 



Otis F. Ingraham. 

Enlisted, May 7, 1861, as a member of the Second Kansas 
Infantry. Served in the Trans-Mississippi department during 
the battles and campaigns of Carthage, Wilson's Springs, Dug- 
Springs, etc. Now practising law at Coloi'ado City. 



Daniel W. Ingersoll. 

Enlisted, September 7, 1861, in the Eighth Maine ; promoted 
to First Sergeant, and was discharged at Beaufort, S.C., for 
general disability, October 27, 1862. Manufacturer of lumber 
at East Saginaw, Michigan. 

George K. Ingalls, Second Maine Infantry. 
F. G. Ingalls, Eighth Maine Infantry. 



Charles A. Jackson. 

Mr. Jackson enlisted in the Eighteenth Maine, August 1, 
1862, and was made a Corporal. He was taken prisoner, 
August 23, 1864, before Petersburg, and was confined in 
Libby Prison, and at Andersonville, till the fifth of December, 
when he was paroled. He died of scurvy and chronic diarrhoea, 
contracted at the latter place, eight days after his release. 



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Irving C. Jackson. 

A brother of Charles A., was a member of the same regi- 
ment, enlisting January 1, 18G4. He was wounded on the 
memorable eighteenth of June, before Petersburg, in the leg 
and in the thigh, the latter wound disablino: him. He was 
discharged in May, 1865. Carpenter, Somerville, Mass. 

Jonah T. Jameson. 

Was a member of the Twenty-first Maine Infantry, enlisting 
September 10, 1862, and was made Second Sergeant upon the 
organization of his company. Was in the campaign about 
Port Hudson, and discharged August 25, 1863. 

Richard Jones, Twenty-fifth Maine Infantry. 

B. P. Knowles. 

Sergeant Knowles became a member of the First Maine 
Cavalry, September, 1861. He was one of those men who 
seemed by especial traits adapted to a military life, and his ser- 
vice warranted the belief. He was soon promoted in the ranks, 
and, but for a long imprisonment, would have risen higher. 
He was taken prisoner at Aldie, and was at Libby Prison and 
Belle Isle with myself, being released at the same time. Being 
taunted in a most insulting manner by Lieutenant Latouche, the 
Adjutant of the prison, he knocked him down a flight of stairs, 
at the head of which he happened to be standing. For this, 
Knowles was bucked and gagged, and stood up near a faucet 
of running water for seven hours. The running water just 
without reach, aggravated his terrible thirst, and he became 
so weak that he fell over on the floor, all the while being the 
recipient of the ribald jests of the officers of the prison. When 
released he was bastinadoed until insensible, and then put in a 
cell for the night. He was again captured in April, 1864, and 
was in Andersonville Prison fourteen months, dying shortly 
after being released. 



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Jabez W. King. 

Mr. King enlisted, May 13, 1861, as a member of the 
Second Maine. He was made a prisoner at first Bull Run ; 
confined at Richmond five months, at Tuscaloosa, Ala., three 
months, and at Salisbury, N.C., under Wirz, three months. 
Was discharged, June 11, 1863. Clerk of American Express 
Company, Toledo, Ohio. 



Amos H. King. 

Mr. King belonged to the Third Maine Battery. Enlisted, 
November 14, 1861, and was discharged for disability, Decem- 
ber 2, 1862. Grocer, Brewer, Maine. 

James Kenney, United States Navy. 

Frank Knowlton, Sixteenth Maine Infantry. 

W. W. KiTTKEDGE, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 



Charles W. Lowell. 

Entered the military service as Captain in the Eighty-eighth 
United States Colored Infantry ; promoted to Major, Lieutenant- 
Colonel, and Colonel of Regiment. Served in the Southern 
campaigns, being mustered out March 1, 1867. Was Assistant 
Judge Advocate General, and Provost Marshal General on 
General Canby's Staff during the closing months of the war ; 
made Judge of the Provost Court in New Orleans, which posi- 
tion he held till abolition of the Court. Settled at Shreveport, 
Louisiana, and became a member of the State Legislature, being 
elected Speaker of the House three successive years Was 
postmaster of New Orleans from March, 1869, to March, 1873. 
Elected to the House from Jefferson Parish in 1872, and was 
Speaker for the session of 1873-74. Attorney-at-Law, New 
Orleans. 



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Kenney C. Lowell. 

Mr. Lowell became one of the Eleventh Maine, in Septem- 
ber, 18G1, and was promoted, May, 1864; was wounded in the 
battle of Strawberry Plains. He was captured by the enemy 
twice, but escaped shortly after. Mr. Lowell's regiment was 
one of those which had constant work, taking an active part in 
the Peninsula campaign, being engaged in the Seven Days' 
Fight. Mr. Lowell participated in the quelling of the Draft 
Riot in New York, in 1863, and was also in that famous pro- 
tracted siege at Morris Island, Charleston Harbor. Discharged 
in November, 1864. 

A. N. LUFKIN. 

Enlisted, August 6, 1862, in the Second Maine; transferred 
in April, 1865, to Twentieth Maine, and assigned to Battery I, 
Fifth United States Artillery ; assigned to Fifth Massachusetts 
Light Artillery in July, 1863, and returned to the Twentieth 
Maine Infantry, March 31, 1864, and promoted to Corporal on 
that date ; was made Captain Forty-fifth United States Colored 
Troops, July 7, 1864. Captain Lufkin served through the 
campaigns of Antietam, Fredericksburgh, Gettysburgh, and the 
Richmond campaign of 1864. Served in the department of 
the Rio Grande with his reo'iment, being in command for a 
while. Was mustered out November 4, 1865. Farmer at 
East Orrington, Maine. 

C. K. Luce, Second Maine Infantry. 
E. D. Lanfher, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
J. I'l. Lewis, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 
W. H. Loud, Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry. 



William Montgomery. 

Captain Montgomery was landlord of the boarding-house 
in September, 1861, and, at the head of a platoon who boarded 
with him, enlisted on September 20, in the First Maine Cavalry. 



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He was made Second Lieutenant upon the organization of the 
Company ; was promoted to First Lieutenant, and again to 
Captain. AYas wounded at the spirited affair at Ahlie, causing 
a partial loss of the use of his left arm, and again at St. Mary's 
Church, in the groin. Cnptain Montgomery served in the 
campaigns and battles of his most gallant regiment, which is a 
certificate of hard, constant, brilliant service. By general order 
the regiment is entitled to have inscribed upon its banners the 
names of more engagements than any other organization of 
the armies of the United States. Captain Montgomery was 
emphatically a fighting soldier, always volunteering, always on 
forlorn hopes, ever taking active part in extra duty. Fear was 
not a constituent part of his composition, and scores of times 
has he led us in the face of the enemy, against the wishes of 
other officers. I could give you almost innumerable instances 
of his personal bravery, but for that he would not thank me. 
He was mustered out as Brevet-Major, Nov. 25, 1864. 

David Marston. 

Belonged to the Twenty-eighth Maine, having enlisted, Sep- 
tember 10, 1862. He was in the Department of the South, 
and was discharged, August 31, 1863. He died of disease 
contracted in the Army — the Southern swamps being fatal to so 
many New England men — February 22, 1873. 

J. B. McKlNLEY. 

Lieutenant McKinley joined the Sixth Maine Infantry at its 
organization, May 29, 1861. He became a member of the 
Regimental Band, returning to the ranks the following October. 
December 13, he was promoted to Second Sergeant; January 
28, 1862, to Second Lieutenant; and June 4, 1862, to First 
Lieutenant. He was wounded. May 3, 1863, at Chancellors- 
ville ; returned to his regiment, and was killed in the battle of 
Rappahannock Station, November 7, 1863. He was through 
the Peninsula campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburgh, Chancel- 
lorsville, and Gettysburgh. 

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Fred T. Moore. 



Served as a member of the Fourteenth Maine, enlisting, 
March, 1865. Mustered out, November 1, 1865. 



William O. McDonald. 

Lieutenant McDonald's service was in the Department of 
the South, he having been a member of the Twenty-sixth 
Maine. He enlisted, September 10, 1862, and was made 
Second Lieutenant. He participated in the campaign of 
Western Louisiana, including the battle of Irish Bend, after 
which intermittent fever prostrated him. He was mustered out 
of the service, August 17, 1863. Mr. McDonald is now 
clerk and treasurer of the city of Ellsworth, Maine. 

J. M. Moore, First United States Infantry. 
J. G. Moore, Fifth Maine Infantry. 
George T. Marsh, Fifteenth Maine Infantry. 
William Mayo, Twelfth Maine Infantry. 
C. N. Mayo, First Maine Cavalry. 
Henry Marr, Second Maine Infantry. 
John Miller, Fourth Maine Infantry. 
Samuel Morgan, Fifth Maine Infantry. 
Luther Maddocks, Eleventh Maine Infantry. 



B. C. Nichols. 

Mr. Nichols entered the service, August, 1862, as a nine 
months' man, in the Twenty-sixth Maine. Served his full time 
in the swamps of Louisiana, being discharged with his regiment. 
Mr. Nichols is now enora<Ted in one of the most honorable 
and responsible occupations of life, — teaching, — in North 
Vassalboro', Maine, endeavoring to implant and develop those 
ideas in the minds of the rising oreueration, the fruition of 
which shall make war impossible. 



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J. E. Nichols. 



Was a member of the Twenty-first Maine, and detailed as 
Commissary's Clerk. General trader at Round Pond, Maine. 



Horatio P. Nash. 

Enlisted in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, June 13, 1862. 
He participated in all the engagements of that regiment, up to 
the assault on Petersburg, where he was instantly killed on the 
third day, June 18, 1864. 

Lieutenant A. E. Nickerson, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 



John W. Parsons. 

Became a member of the Seventh Maine, June 3, 1861. 
June 1, 1862, was made regimental Sergeant-Major, and was 
killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Major Hyde, of his 
regiment, at the time of his death, wrote to the Portland 
Press, "Your correspondent, ^Aroostook,'' John W. Parsons, 
Sergeant-Major of the regiment, was mortally wounded while 
gallantly charging with his regiment, in the battle of Antietam. 
His remains lie buried in the orchard where so many of his 
comrades offered up their lives for their country. His last 
words were, 'Tell my father I died fighting for the old flag.' 
He Vv'as a young man of fine ability, and was perseveringly 
working his way to future distinction. His bravery in the 
morning's fight would have decided his future promotion, had 
not the fiercer battle of evening ended his life and hopes." 
The Surgeon writes, "When told that his wound was mortal, 
he was perfectly calm. He labored nearly all night to complete 
the monthly report of the regiment, and expressed his great 
satisfaction that it was done." Colonel Mason says, "His 
death was the greatest loss I sustained that eventful day." 



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F. L. Palmer. 

Became a member of the Fourth Maine, September 9, 1861. 
He was constantly with his ren;iment, and was wounded by a 
Minnie ball, through the right lung and left hand, in that 
famous "midnight" charge at Chancellorsville, on the nioht of 
May 2, 18G3. Was taken prisoner at the same time, remain- 
ing in the hands of the enemy thirteen days. By reason of 
these wounds, was discharged in October, 1863, and is now 
Postmaster at Monroe, Maine. 



A. H. Palmer. 

Mr. Palmer enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Maine, in Sep- 
tember, 1862, it being a nine months' organization. Served 
most of the time as Commissary's Clerk. He participated in 
the sanguinary attack upon Port Hudson, under General Banks, 
and at the brilliant affair of Donaldsonville, La. 



Stephen H. Powell. 

Enlisted as a member of the Twentieth Maine, July 25, 
1862, being made a non-commissioned officer. Being deprived 
of health, resigned, that others might have chance of promotion. 
For a series of years has been the very successful Principal of 
the High School at Orono, Maine. 



Walter L. Parker. 

Mr. Parker entered the Fifteenth Maine Regiment, February 
15, 1865. In May he was transferred to the South, and was 
clerk in the Provost Marshal's Department at Georgetown, S.C. 
till October 10, when he was discharged, there being, happily, 
no more use for his services. Merchant at Dedham, Maine. 



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H. F. Porter. 



Cnptain Porter became a member of the Eighteenth Maine, 
August 2, 1862, and was appointed Fourth Sergeant of Com- 
pany K. January, 1863, was detached from regiment, and 
ordered to Maine on recruiting service, continuing on that duty 
and in the office of the Provost Marshal at the State Capitol till 
September ; then returning to his regiment, and acting as Com- 
pany Clerk till promoted to Orderly Sergeant in December. 
January 26, 1864, was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and 
acted as Post Adjutant at Fort Cameron, on the Potomac. 
March 23, was advanced to First Lieutenant, and was detailed 
as Acting Adjutant. He participated in the heavy fighting of 
his regiment, from the Potomac to the James, and on June 18, 
1864, at an assault on the works before Petersburg, near the 
" O'Hare House," was wounded in the right arm, necessitating 
amputation at the shoulder. He was commissioned Captain, 
June 21, and was detailed as a member of a General Court 
Martial at Portland, Me. Was discharged December 10, 1864, 
and is now Inspector of Customs, at Pembroke, Maine. 



Albert N. Pendleton. 

Enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Maine, September 10, 1862 ; 
was taken prisoner at Brashear City, La., soon exchanged, and 
died on his way home, at Mound City, 111., August 5, 1863, of 
disease contracted in the service. 



J. John Page. 

Dr. Page early became a soldier, enlisting in the Sixth 
Maine, in April, 1861. He contracted the rheumatic fever in 
Chickahominy Swamp, and was discharged, December 18, 
1862. Is now Assistant Surgeon in the United States Navy. 



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Chaeles H. Pratt. 

Was an original member of the Third Maine Infantry, 
enlisting, May 30, 1861. Discharged for disability. May 
28, 1862. Now in the furniture manufacturing business at 
Waterville, Maine. 

J. W. Palmer, Second Maine Cavalry, 

Edward Palmer, Fourth Maine Infantry. 

Fred S. Palmer, Fourth Maine Infantry. 

A. H. Palmer, Twenty-eighth Maine Infantry. 

William Pierce, First Veteran Battalion. 

George Pierce, un assigned. 

Charles E. Parker, Eighth Maine Infantry. 

Lieutenant W. P. Plaisted, Eleventh Maine Infantry. 

George W- Pillsburt, Twelfth Maine Infantry. 

Lieutenant Ora Pearson, Thirteenth Maine Infantry. 

Nathaniel W. Pinkham, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 

Russell T. Perkins, Nineteenth Maine Infantry. 

Charles E. Phillips, Thirty-second Maine Infantry. 



G. H. RUGGLES. 

Lieutenant Ruggles became a member of the Eighteenth 
Maine, August 21, 1862, and was appointed Second Sergeant. 
His view of the war, its primary causes and probable issue were 
ever of the higher plane of thought, and into the strife he put 
his judgment and duty, as well as patriotism. He fully realised 
that no pastime was theirs, and though during the first two 
years of the war he was not in actual campaigning, the short 
but terrible experience of 1864 showed the hard and desperate 
work to be done. His advancement was assured had he sur- 
vived. He was promoted to First Sergeant, February 28, 1863, 
and to Second Lieutenant, January 18, 1864. He chafed at 
confinement in defences, and though he was marching to certain 
death, he hailed the order to the front gladly. He passed 
successfully through the initiatory battles of the campaign of 



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the Army of the Potomac, in 1864, to fall, instantly killed, 
before Petersburg, June 18, with one hundred and fifteen of 
his comrades, while four hundred and ninety others filled out the 
list of wounded. Numerous extracts from letters, written home 
and to friends of dead comrades might be given, all breathing 
the same lofty spirit of duty prevailing over personal inclination. 
It was my good fortune to know Lieut. Ruggles intimately, 
and his name stands well up on a bright list of student soldiers. 



Augustine E. Eideout. 

Was enrolled in the United States Navy, August 16, 1864, 
and died in service at Pensacola, December 7, 1864. 



Lincoln Rhoades. 

Enlisted in the Twenty-second Maine, September 10, 1862, 
and was made First Sergeant. He died, June 6, 1863, 
of sun-stroke. H. P. Torsey, LL.D., President of Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary and Female College, writes of him: "Of 
the many thousands of students who have been under ray care, 
but few have equalled, none excelled him in Christian firmness, 
meekness, and faithfulness." He formed a temperance and 
anti-swearing league in the regiment, and was ever active in all 
good works. 

John E. Richardson, Second Maine Infantry. 
Albert Richardson, State Guards. 
Albion Richardson, Seventeenth Maine Infantry. 
Anson J. Robinson, First Maine Cavalry. 
James W. Robinson, Second Maine Cavalry. 
George B. Robinson, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 
S. J. Robinson, Twenty-second Maine Infantry. 
Bela R. Reynolds, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
George W. Reed, First Army Corps. 
George A. Rogers, First Maine Cavalry. 



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Benjamin F. Smart. 

Freeman Smart became a, member of the Second Maine 
Infantry, May 13, 18G1. He was immediately promoted to 
Corporal; then to Third Sergeant, October 1, 18G1 ; and 
to First Sergeant, January 22, 18(32. Pie participated in first 
Bull Run, the siege of Yorktown, and the Peninsula campaign, 
till the battle of Hanover Court House, May 27, 18G2, where 
he was shot through the left breast, dying in a few moment 
It is with peculiar pleasure, saddened by the necessity, that I 
am able to give some details of this sterling man's career. His 
father writes, "When Freeman was quite young, he manifested 
a strong desire to obtain an education ; hut not feeling myself 
able at that time to keep him at school, I took him with me, at 
fifteen years of age, and taught him the mason's trade. He 
worked at his trade four years, and he was then so anxious to 
go to school that I consented for him to leave his business. 
He selected the ' East Maine Conference Seminary,' where he 
intended to prepare himself for college, and where he spent the 
most of his time till the war broke out." Smart became a 
very close friend of mine, at the Seminary, in 18G0 and 1861. 
His balance of mind was a constant wonder to me. His counsel 
was invariably wise. Some of us more hot-headed youths, 
were frequently kept from embroiling ourselves, by his " wait 
a little." In our many fiery discussions in our rooms and in 
society meetings, upon the coming contest, when our zeal outran 
our discretion, his voice and manner was ever the beacon that 
gave us our bearings. Some thought him not so enthusiastic 
as one ought to be at such a time ; but, when the hour came 
to try men's souls, he was not found wanting. He was an 
indefatigable worker at his books ; always persistent to know 
the reason why, he never left a subject with any doubts in 
regard to its meaning or application. At the time of the 
small-pox scare at the Seminary, in the fall of 18 GO, he 
remained at his work, and after some half-dozen of us got 
settled in the ladies' part of the building, he said, "Now Webb, 
we've a fair field and we'll turn, out the work." W^alking to 
and from the neighboring grove, or sitting on the steps, we 



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have discussed every subject, and scores of liis ringing, epigram- 
matic sentences have remained with me to this day. His father 
further writes : "Soon after the first call for troops, Fueeman 
came home and informed mo that he felt called upon to leave 
his school and enlist. I very well knew he would do whatever 
he thought was his duty, regardless of consequences. He 
stopped at home but a short time, and the next we heard from 
him he was a soldier." Of his military career, one of his 
commanding officers writes as follows : "From the time of 
his enlistment to the hour of his death, I was his most intimate 
associate, and know better than any other person all the 
incidents of his military life. He came, late one night, to 
the headquarters of the regiment in Bangor, saying that he had 
been to Portland to enlist in the First Maine Regiment, but 
finding that the Second Regiment was likely to leave the State 
for the front sooner than the other, he had come to join us. 
He was assigned to Company H, and was inunediately made a 
Corporal, and very soon after was promoted to Sergeant. It 
soon became evident to all who knew him, that he was a born 
soldier, and in his first battle, the terrible Bull Run, he showed 
that he was a born leader. All through that terrible battle, 
Smart, as we all used to call him, was as cool and clear-headed 
as if on parade. I shall never forget how your boy shouted 
out to our Major, who was just at our left, 'Major Varney, the 
order is to fall back, but I shall never fall back a step as long 
as that flag remains there ! ' meaning our regimental colors, 
which were just at our right. In this battle. Colonel Jameson 
selected Benjamin to take a message to General Keyes, the 
commanding officer of the brigade. This errand took him over 
a field swept by Rebel artillery ; but he went straight on his 
errand, and straight back again, seemingly without a fear. 
Ever after that. General Jameson was enthusiastic in his praise. 
On the twenty-seventh of May, 1862, the division to which our 
regiment was attached, was ordered to Hanover Court House, to 
form a junction with McDowell's corps. On our march your 
son said to me that the bullet was not run yet that would kill 
him. The Captain and Second Lieutenant of the company 
were absent on recruiting service : Benjamin at this time, was 



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First Sergeant, but he fully filled the places of the absent ones. 
The battle began about noon, and from that and on thi'ough the 
battle, he was cheering on the men, loading and firing, directing 
the stupid ones, quieting the nervous ones, and in every way 
showing himself to be tlie brave and cool soldier that every 
former time of trial had shown him to be. About four o'clock 
in the afternoon, while the fight was fiercest, Benjamin was 
standing between Captain Currier and myself, when I heard a 
heavy 'thud,' as if something had been struck, and at the same 
time a smothered exclamation. I looked around and saw your 
son sinking down and then lying upon his back. His eyes were 
looking into mine with a sort of surprised expression. I said, 
'Smart, where are you hit?' He laid his right hand upon a 
bullet- hole in his left breast. I directed some of the men to 
take him to the rear, which was immediately done. The men 
told me afterwards that he died quietly, without a struggle, 
before they picked him up. There was no look of agony or 
fear in his face, only the surprised look I have spoken of. The 
next morning we wrapped him in his blanket and laid him 
beside his comrades, and I never saw the earth close over a 
braver, truer soldier and friend than then ; and we silently and 
sorrowfully marched away and left him in the enemy's land. 
For many days after, when we wanted to say a man had true 
courage, we would say, ' He is as brave as our Smart was. 
His army life was only about a year, but I could write 
almost a book-full of incidents and sayings of his. ' If he had 
lived, he would have risen rapidly, for all his superior officers 
appreciated his worth and value to the country. While we 
were in winter quarters at Hall's Hill, Virginia, in the winter 
of 1861-62, he was offered a commission as Adjutant in the 
Fourteenth Maine, but he said it was more honor to be a 
Sergeant in the ' Grand old Second,' than a commissioned officer 
in a new regiment." 



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Saunders G. Spooner. 



Entered the army as a member of Ninth Maine Volunteers, 
September 15, 1861. Was promoted to Hospital Steward. 
Re-enlisted, and was detailed as Post Hospital Steward, at 
Magnolia, N.C. Was discharged, July 15, 1865. Practising 
medicine at Princeton, Maine. 



H. N. P. Spooner. 

Captain Spooner was another member of that hard-fighting 
and terribly-suffering regiment, the Eighteenth Maine, having 
enlisted the 6th of July, 1862. He was appointed Sergeant, 
and promoted to Lieutenant in December, and received a 
Captain's commission in May, 1864. He took part in all the 
sanguinary battles in which his regiment was engaged ; and in 
front of Petersburg, on the memorable 18th of June, he was 
severely wounded in the right leg and arm, dying in consequence, 
July 10, 1864. 

Charles G. Sawyer. 

Enlisted, September 21, 1864, in the Thirty-first Maine ; was 
M'ounded April 2, 1865, in the final charge at Petersburg, by 
grape shot crushing the left arm, necessitating amputation. He 
was discharged June 23, 1865. Engaged in the business of 
canning vegetables, at Wilton, Maine. 



Hudson Sawyer. 

Mr. Sawyer was one of the number w^ho enlisted directly 
from the Seminary, in October, 18^)1, and became a member 
of the renowned D Company, First Maine Cavalry. He was 
appointed Company bugler, and promoted to Chief Regimental 
Musician in December, 1862. A "General Order " mustering 
out those officials, left him again a citizen in February, 1863. 



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In July, 1863, he became a member of the First Maine Heavy 
Artillery, being detailed at Headquarters, Superintendency of 
Becruits, at Augusta. Joined his regiment in January, 

1864, and was promoted to Quartermaster-Sergeant soon after. 
Promoted to First Lieutenant, September 9, 1864, and com- 
missioned Captain, April 25, 1865. Brevetted Major, in 
March, 1865, for, as the commission reads, ^'meritorious services 
during the war." In November, 1864, he was detailed as Aid 
to General De Trobriand, commanding Brigade. In June, 

1865, Major Sawyer was detailed as Provost Marshal of the 
Twenty-second Army Corps. Mustered out, September, 1865. 
Major Sawyer participated in the greater portion of the hard- 
fought battles of the last years of the why, in the Army of the 
Potomac ; was wounded in four places at the assault upon the 
works before Petersburg, in June, 18H4. Major Sawyer w^as 
one of those 'soldiers who served in a variety of capacities, and 
under many different officers, and was never found wanting. 
He is now an Episcopal clergyman at Hallowcll, Maine. 



John Sawyer. 

Mr. Sawyer became a member of the Second Maine, in 
April, 1861 ; was promoted to Corporal, then to Sergeant, 
and was discharged, June 9, 1863 ; was wounded at Gaine's 
Hill, in the hand, and at second Bull Run, in the foot. He 
re- enlisted, February 23, 1865, and was discharged again, 
February 23, 1866. Farmer at North Newbury, Maine. 



George L. Stover. 

Became a member of the Eigiiteenth Maine, in May, 1862 ; 
was promoted to Corporal. Tiring of barrack duty at Washing- 
ton, he applied to be transferred to the Navy, wishing to find 
more active service. At the earnest solicitation of the Colonel, 
lie remained with his regiment. On the sixteenth of July, 
1864, he was shot, while an advanced picket in front of 
Petersburg, and instantly killed. 



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Henry C. Snow. 

Captain Snow enlisted, in April, 18G1, becoming a member 
of the Seventh Maine ; promoted to Second Lieutenant, August 
25, 1861, and to Captain, Se[)tember 18, 1802. Served through 
the Peninsula campaign, and w«is discharged, February, 18 03. 
Was appointed Ensign in the Navy, in October, 1864, serving 
under the gallant Admiral Worden, also being on duty in 
the torpedo service. Discharged, August 25, 1805, and was 
appointed Lieutenant in the Kevenue Marine Service, serving- 
five years. Captain Snow is now postmaster at Brewer, 
Maine. 

Geoege H. Snowman. 

Sergeant Snowman was one of the first to become a citizen 
soldier, enlisting as a member of the Sixth Maine, April 28, 
1801. He was promoted to Sergeant, May 10, and made a 
member of the non-commissioned staif, as Commissary Sergeant, 
July 15. Discharged, at expiration of term of service, August 
15, 1804. Sailmaker, Bucksport, Maine. 



James O. Seavey. 

Enlisted, August 12, 1802, as a member of the Nineteenth 
Maine. He participated in the campaigns of the Army of the 
Potomac, being wounded in the face at Bristol Station, October 
14, 1803 ; promoted to Sergeant, in May, 1863 ; and dis- 
charged, in June, 1865.- Vessels' spar-maker, at Boothbay, 
Maine. 

Frank Sherman. 

Professor Sherman was quietly cultivating his farm, when it 
occurred to him, on July 28, 18(52, that he must be a civilian 
no longer. No sooner thought than done, he becoming a 
member of the Ninth Maine Infantry. He was promoted 



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to Corporal, September 1, 1863. At first Fredericksburgh, 
December 11, 1862, he was wounded by a rifle ball in the right 
leg. At the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, he was wounded in the 
left arm, necessitating its amputation, and at the same time in 
the thigh. Was discharged, March 17, 1865. Professor 
Sherman was graduated from the Scientific Department of 
Dartmouth College, in 1870 ; then became Instructor of Math- 
ematics in the Worcester Free Institute of Industrial Science ; 
was chosen Associate Professor of Mathematics in Dartmouth 
College, in April, 1871, and full Professor, in June, 1873, 
which honored position he still holds. 



Thomas B. Spear. 

Was a member of the Fourth Maine, having enlisted, April 
21,1861. Detailed upon balloon reconnoitering service. Dis- 
charged, October 13, 1862. Present occupation, manufacturer 
of lime, at Rockland, Maine. 

HiLLMAN Smith. 

Captain Smith entered the service, August 28, 1861, as 
one of the Eighth Maine ; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 
September 4 ; First Lieutenant, January 16, 1862 ; and Cap- 
tain, September 1, 1863. He served through the campaigns of 
Hilton Head, Fort Fisher, Morris Island, and the battles of the 
Army of the Potomac, in 1864. Was discharged, October 19, 
1864. Grocer, at Lewiston, Maine. 

J. Adams Smith. 

In September, 1862, was appointed Assistant Paymaster in 
the United States Navy, and ordered to the sloop "Kearsarge." 
He was on board at the famous fight with the " Alabama," off 
Cherbourg, and, though it was out of his line of duty, commanded 
a division of the men during the engagement, and was officially 
commended by Captain Winslow for conspicuous bravery and 



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service. In August, 1863, was promoted to the full rank of 
Paymaster, and is now serving in Pacific waters with the East 
India Squadron. 

C. Edgar Smith. 

Mr. Smith entered the Sixtieth Massachusetts Infantry, from 
Yale College, in July, 1864, and was mustered out in the 
following November. Attorney-at-Law, 56 Wall Street, New 
York. 

Leroy S. Scott. 

Lieutenant Scott entered the service as one of the Nineteenth 
Maine, July 23, 1862. He was made Fii-st Sergeant at the 
organization of the regiment, and was commissioned Lieutenant, 
November 27. He served with his regiment in the campaigns 
of the Army of the Potomac till he was wounded, through the 
left thigh, at Getty sburgh, at the close of the first day's engage- 
ment. As he was being carried from the field, he was again 
wounded in the right knee, necessitating amputation. The 
dissevered limb commenced bleeding a few days after, making a 
second amputation necessaiy. This was also unsuccessful, and 
he died on the thirteenth, giving as a parting message, when 
he was assured that he could survive but a few hours, "Tell 
them at home I die in the discharge of ray duty." 

Cyrus S. Stewart. 

Enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Maine, September 1, 1862; 
died of typhoid fever, in hospital, at New Orleans, June 19, 
1863. 

A. J. Stuart. 

Mr. Stuart belonged to the First Maine Heavy Artillery, 
having enlisted, December 15, 1863. He was wounded at the 
battle of the Wilderness, and died in consequence, August 5, 
1864. 



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George B. Stinchfield. 

Mr. Stinchfield became a member of the First Maine 
Cavalry, February 28,' 18G2. He was taken prisoner in 
General Banks' campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, at Middle- 
town, May 24 ; was in prison at Lynchburg, and Belle Isle, 
Richmond, unfil exchanged, September 18, 1862. He was 
detailed as clerk in the General Hospital at Annapolis, Md., 
and subsequently as clerk in the Adjutant-General's Department 
at Washington. He was discharged from the Volunteer Service, 
and re-enlisted in the Regular Army, with the rank of Sergeant, 
November 9, 1863, and was discharged thence, March 31, 
1864, having received an appointment as clerk in the Adjutant- 
General's Department. Mr. Stinchfield is now in business 
at Saginaw, Mich., and Boulder, Col., living at Boulder. 

Charles E. Smith, State Guards. 

Joseph A. Smith, Third Maine Battery. 

Edwin Smith, Seventh Maine Inflmtry. 

Robert S.alith, Ninth Maine Infantry. 

George W. Smith, Eleventh Maine Infantry. 

Lewis Smith, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

Robert Smith, Eighteenth Maine Infantry. 

Lyman Smith, Sixteenth Maine Inflmtry. 

Captain George W. Smith, Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry. 

Henry Swett, unassigned. 

Frank Swett, United States Navy. 

John Sawyer, Second Maine Infantry. 

el. F. Sergeant, Second Maine Infimtry. 

Otis G. Spear, Fourth Maine Infantry. 

Fred A. Saunders, Thirteenth Maine Infantry. 

James Simmons, Fourteenth Maine Infantry. 

George W. Sylvester, Fifteenth Maine Infantry. 

Charles A. Staples, Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry. 

W. F. Sherman, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 



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Stephen C. Talbot. 

Colonel Talbot became a member of the Eighteenth Maine, 
July 11, 1862, and was made Second Lieutenant, August 21, 
1862, and First Lieutenant and Adjutant, November 12, 1863. 
March 26, 1864, he was promoted to a Majorship of the Thirty- 
first Maine, and was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
same regiment, May 20, 1864. He participated in that almost 
unparalleled campaign from the Rapidan to the James, and was 
mustered out of service on account of physical disability, August 
6, 1864. Colonel Talbot is now located in New York, a 
member of the commission house of Chase, Talbot & Co. 

Jesse Treat, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
Richard H. Tinker, Eighth Maine Infantry. 
Henry Tapley, Fifteenth Maine Infantry. 
H. A. TiLTON, Twentieth Maine Infantry. 
A. G. Turner, Twentieth Maine Infantry. 
William Trott, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

Clarence D. Ulmer, First Maine Cavalry. 
Wyman W. Ulmer, Fourth Maine Infantry. 
Augustus H. Ulmer, Twenty-Eighth Maine Infantry. 



John W. West. 

Special authority was given by Congress to Colonel Baker to 
raise a regiment of Cavalry, to be called the First District of 
Columbia Cavalry. Eight Companies of this regiment were 
enlisted in Maine, and Mr. West became a member, January 
4, 1864, being appointed First Sergeant of Company M. 
Sergeant West was wounded in the thigh at the battle of 
Dinwiddle Court House, March 31, 1865, and was discharged 
in consequence, June 5, following. Dealer in worked granite, 
Lewiston, Maine. 

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Charles E. Wording. 

Enlisted in the United States Navy, August 12, 1864 ; he 
was present at the taking of Mobile, and was discharged, 
September 18, 1865. 

Albert H. Waugh. 

Mr. Waugh enlisted in the Marine Corps, February 15, 
1865, for four years. At the close of the war he procured a 
substitute, and was discharged. Teacher, at Levant, Maine. 



Preston B. Wing. 

Mr. Wing joined the First Maine Cavalry, September 24, 
1861 ; was promoted to Sergeant, and discharged for disability, 
April 14, 1862. Hardware merchant, Lewiston, Maine. 



Irving A. Wardwell. 

Mr. Wardwell, on September 10, 1862, became a member 
of the Twenty-second Maine. March 8, 1863, he was com- 
missioned Chaplain of the Twenty -eighth Maine. He succumbed 
to the malarial fevers of the Louisiana swamps, and died, July 
22, being buried in the village churchyard at Donaldsonville. 
His last official service was to perform funeral rites over the 
remains of his commanding officer. 

V. P. Wardwell. 

Lieutenant Wardwell was a member of the Sixth Maine 
Regiment, enlisting April 29, 1861. He was promoted to First 
Lieutenant, and discharged for physical disability. May 30, 
1862. Lieutenant Wardwell was the first man of his town 
to place his name upon the enlisting rolls, and one of the first 
three to enlist from the Seminary, — B. F. Smart, killed at 



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Hanover Court House, and Dr. A. S. Condon, resident physi- 
cian. Union Pacific Central Railroad, Ogden, Utah, being the 
other two. 

Emery S. Wardwei.l. 

Enlisted July 25, 1862, as a member of the Eighteenth 
Maine ; was mustered in as Second Lieutenant ; promoted to 
First Lieutenant, in February, 1863; mustered out, July 11, 
1864. 

George E. Wallace. 

A member of the Twenty-sixth Maine, enlisting September 
10, 1862, and was discharged, August 17, 1863 ; re-enlisted in 
the Ninth Maine, March 20, 1865, and was discharged. May 
15, following. Now Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, Belfast, 
Maine. 

H. W. WiswELL, State Guards. 
C A. D. Wis WELL, Twenty-fifth Maine Infantry. 
A. H. Wetherbee, First Maine Infantry. 
Charles H. Webber, First Maine Cavalry. 
.L. H. Whitehouse, Second Maine Cavalry. 
J. F. Whitmoke, United States Navy. 
H. R, Weston, Firsl Battalion. 
H. L. Ware, Fourth Maine Infantry. 
N. B. Webb, First Maine Cavalry. 
A. A. Waterman, Eighteenth Maine Infiintry. ■" 
JoHX Walker, eTr., Twenty-first Maine Infantry. 
F. E. Wardwell, Twenty-eighth Maine Infantry. 
C. E. Wood, Thirty-first Maine Infantry. 

Benjamin F. Young. 

Enlisted as a musician in the Fourth Maine, May 12, 1861 ; 
discharged, July 19, 1864. Teacher of vocal and instrumental 
music, Lincolnville, Me. 

George W. Yates, Sixth Maine Infantry. 
A. J. Young, Twenty-sixth Maine Infantry. 



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ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED. 



First Maine Cavalry ' . 

Second Maine Cavalry 

First District of Columbia Cavalry 

Second Maine Battery . 

Third Maine Battery . 

First Maine Infantry . 

Second Maine Infantry 

Third Maine Infantry . 

Fourth Maine Infanti-y 

Fifth Maine Infanti-y . 

Sixth Maine Infantry . 

Seventh Maine Infantry 

Eighth Maine Infantry 

Ninth Maine Infantry . 

Tenth Maine Lafantry . 

Eleventh Maine Infantry . 

Twelfth Maine Infantry 

Thirteenth Maine Infantry 

Fourteenth Maine Infantry 

Fifteenth Maine Inftintry 

Sixteenth Maine Infantry 

Seventeenth Maine Infantry 

Eighteenth Maine Infantry 

Nineteenth Maine Infantry 

Twentieth Maine Infantry 

Twenty-first Maine Infantry 

Twenty-second Maine Infantry 

Twenty-fourth Maine Infantry 

Twenty-fifth Maine Infantry 

Twenty-sixth Maine Infantry 

Twenty-eighth Maine Infantry 

Twenty-ninth Maine Infantry 

Thirty-first Maine Infantry . 

Thirty-second Maine Infantry 

First United States Infantry 

First Veterans 

First Army Corps 

Fifth United States Battery . 

Fifth Massachusetts Battery 

Forty-fifth United States Colored Infantry 

Fifty-sixth Massachusetts Inftmtry 

Sixtieth Massachusetts Infantry . 

Second Kansas Infantry 

State Guards .... 



17 men. 
3 " 
7 " 
2 " 

6 " 

1 man. 
14 men. 

2 
14 

3 
16 

6 

6 

5 

2 

5 

2 

5 
12 

7 

9 

7 
27 
12 

6 

4 

7 

5 

2 

12 
10 

2 
13 

1 man. 
1 

2 men. 
1 man. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

7 men. 



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Navy . 
Marine Corps 
Major-General 
Unassig-ued . 



14 men, 
1 man. 
1 " 
3 men. 



Total number in service 

Infantry 236 

Cavalry 27 

Artillery 8 

Navy 15 



286 



Total service represented 
Average service . 
Shortest service . 
Longest service . 



536 years. 
2^% months. 
2 months. 
5 years. 



Wounded 

Totally disabled 

Killed in action ..... 
Died of disease contracted in the service 

Died of wounds 

Died in prison 



26, or 11 per cent. 
21, or 8 per cent. 
11, or 4 per cent. 
15, or 5 per cent. 

3 

2 



Of the number, thirty, or nearly ten per cent., were promoted, and 
twenty-seven of those more than once. 

I have no record of a draft or a resignation among the number. 

Of the male students above nineteen years of age, from the opening 
of the Seminary up to- 1865, tliirty-five per cent, entered the service in 
some capacity. 



I have given to you names of our fellow students who 
participated in the great civil war of the United States. I have 
given dates of enlistment, lengths of service, and promotions ; 
have told you if they were wounded, or in what battle they 
fell ; have told you if they faithfully served in the ranks their 
many years, or if courage, ability, or fortuitous circumstances 



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sent them up higher; but, is that a record? To give a com- 
plete record of the army life of these men, would be to lay 
bare to your gaze their daily inner life for years. Of that, I 
could tell you nothing. I could tell you nothing of the partings, 
the sacrifices, the losses. I could tell you nothing of the hopes 
and struggles, of the longings and disappointments of these 
men. Nothing of the long years of waiting for the war to 
cease, through a conquered peace ; of the wistful looks to their 
Northern homes, the next moment to turn to their terrible 
duties ; of the painful languishing in Southern prisons ; of the 
burial service of the son or brother, brought back from the car- 
nage to be laid away among friends ; of the long lines of 
mounds on Southern hillsides, marked "unknown." Nothing 
of the message for those at home, as his life-blood ebbed away ; 
nothing of the instantaneous leaving-all in the full fiush of 
life. I could give you no comprehensive idea of the march, 
the picket, the charge. How could I portray the scenes in the 
hospital or prison ? What could I say of the many falling in 
their first charge, or of those who served through long years, 
and at the last fell, sealing the very terms of final surrender with 
their blood? It is with a large sense of the meagreness of 
what I have been able to do, that I have presented you a few 
bare facts. I could not expect to do any one justice. But, 
somewhere, in some heart, is written a full record of each 
comrade, and wherein I have failed to note his career to the 
many, it is luminous to some one. Among the number we 
find all ranks, from the Private to the Major-General. Each 
one, whether or no his record be written by my pen, will 
receive his full meed of praise from those who know his deserv- 
ings best. The country could not have done without one of 
them. Each acted well his pax't, — there all the honor lies. 



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